&GAS: PRESSURE
Various common pressure units and their abbreviations are
accepted:
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Unit Equivalent of 1 atm Notations
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atmosphere 1 atm ATMOSPHERE
mm Hg 760 mm Hg MM-HG
Torricelli 760 Torr TORRICELLI
inch Hg 29.9213 inch Hg INCH-HG
Pa 101325 Pa PASCAL, HECTO-PASCAL, HPA
N/m2 101325 N/m2 N/M2
bar 1.01325 bar BAR
mbar 1013.25 hPa MBAR, MILLI-BAR
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The default pressure input unit is the Torr. Pressures are shown
either in Torr or in atmosphere. The choice of output unit is not
influenced by the unit used for input.
Keyword index.
Formatted on 10/11/98.